/*
 * Copyright (C) 2011 University of Washington.
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
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 * 
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package org.opendatakit.dwc.server;

import org.apache.http.client.HttpClient;
import org.apache.http.params.HttpParams;

/**
 * Interface for the bean that will construct an HttpClient that is 
 * appropriate for the GAE or Tomcat container in which the application
 * runs.  The GAE variant maps the Apache request into underlying 
 * GAE URLFetchService.  The Tomcat variant just uses the default 
 * Apache client. 
 * 
 * @author mitchellsundt@gmail.com
 *
 */
public interface HttpClientFactory {

	public HttpClient createHttpClient(HttpParams params);
}
